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Your search found 391 taxa.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Athyrium filix-femina var. asplenioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Athyrium asplenioides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Diplazium acrostichoides
INCLUDING
PLANTS National Database
Polystichum acrostichoides var. lonchitoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Dryopteris setigera
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Thelypteris torresiana
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Lorinseria areolata
Pollen cones ellipsoid-cylindric, 10-20mm, red-brown or yellow, per Flora of North America.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Tsuga canadensis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Sabina virginiana
Pollen cones about 1/8" long, terminal, numerous, per Native Trees of the Southeast, An Identification Guide.
Female flowers in brown cylindrical spike; male spike above and contiguous, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
Flowers usually in 2-4 whorls of 3, upper usually staminate, lower pistillate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Showy white flowers with 3 petals, the lower flowers usually female, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Arundinaria gigantea ssp. gigantea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Arundinaria gigantea
Its flowering and subsequent death reported to be at 30-40 year intervals, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Phyllostachys aurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Uniola latifolia
Numerous flattened spikelets in an open, terminal, drooping panicle, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Eragrostis curvula
Panicles 20-30cm long, branches solitary or in pairs, ascending, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Dactylis glomerata
Panicle's few, distant, stiff branches ascending, or spreading at anthesis, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
(?)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus catharticus
Panicle open, as much as 20cm long, branches naked at base, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Elymus striatus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Elymus virginicus var. virginicus
The "bow-legged" glumes are a good mark of recognition, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Tennessee Flora Committee (2015)
Aira caryophyllea var. capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Aira elegantissima
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aira elegans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Aspris capillaris
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Stipa avenacea
Each floret has an outer bract (lemma) & inner bract (palea) & naked flower, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Capriola dactylon
Its creeping habit & palmately compound inflorescence make it easy to ID, per www.missouriplants.com
Panicles yellowish-brown, cylindrical, dense, usually less than 6cm long, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria lutescens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Chaetochloa lutescens
4-12 bristles below each spikelet, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria faberii
Panicle conspicuously nodding; spikelets about 3mm long, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Setaria viridis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Chaetochloa viridis
Panicle erect or ~ nodding, cylindric but tapering a little at the summit, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum urvillei
Inflorescence 7-20 ascending to arched-spreading racemes on a single axis, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Digitaria sanguinalis var. sanguinalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Syntherisma sanguinalis
Seedhead branches arise from different points of attachment along the stalk, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Panicum anceps ssp. anceps
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum anceps
Rather crowded somewhat curved subsecund spikelets, set obliquely, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Panicum virgatum var. virgatum
The inflorescence is open and freely banched, spreading, pyramidal, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Dichanthelium scoparium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Panicum scoparium
Panicle's rachis villous, the branches spreading-ascending, villous, spotted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Microstegium vimineum var. imberbe
INCLUDING
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Microstegium vimineum var. vimineum
Terminal, thin and spikelike raceme, to 3" long, per Nonnative Invasive Plants of Southern Forests.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Saccharum alopecuroidum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Erianthus divaricatus
Panicle 20-30cm long, branches ascending or spreading, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Erianthus giganteus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Erianthus saccharoides
Spikelets well separated at flowering, then expanding into a plumelike mass, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon ternarius
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Andropogon ternarius
Grass flowers usually w 2 lodicules, 3 stamens, ovary w 2 feathery stigmas, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Andropogon virginicus
Racemes shorter than the bractlike leaves clasping them, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Andropogon glomeratus
Paired racemes short-peduncled, sitting between 2 clasping bractlike leaves, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghum halepense
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Holcus halepensis
Open spreading panicle 15-50cm long, w numerous whorled projecting branches, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Sorghastrum nutans
The prominent anthers are golden yellow, per How to Know the Grasses by R.W. Pohl.
Slender club-shaped spadix enclosed in a narrow pointed green spathe, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley & the Southern Appalachians.
All petals blue, ephemeral, one slightly smaller than others, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Commelina communis var. communis
INCLUDING
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Commelina communis var. ludens
Lower petal white and reduced, so the flower appears to be only 2 petals, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.
Superficially suggestive of a miniature Spiderwort, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
Branched inflorescence spreads laterally from base of the involucral leaf, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Sepals and petals alike, narrow and pointed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
Flowers in axillary umbels, perianth greenish, campanulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Smilax bona-nox
Stalk of the umbel > 1.5x as long as the subtending leaf petiole, per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Smilax walteri
Perianth brownish-yellow (vs. that of S. rotundifolia is green), per Weakley's Flora.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Smilax laurifolia
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Trillium hugeri
Sepals lanceolate, 3-5cm long, erect to divergent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Petals strongly reflexed above the tube; anthers curved outward, per Trilliums of Georgia. Tipularia (Patrick, 2007).
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Polygonatum commutatum
Flowers tubular with 6 short lobes, greenish when young, white when mature, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Ornithogalum umbellatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Ornithogalum umbellatum
Stamens about half the length of the perianth, the filaments membranous-winged, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
(?)
Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Blue Ridge (Wofford, 1989)
Muscari atlanticum
Corolla ellipsoid-ovoid, distinctly longer than wide, the lobes erect, per Weakley's Flora.
Flowers, if present, pinkish, on stalks c 10-20mm long, per www.plant-identification.co.uk
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